Do you limit your intake?

If you think about drinking that much, you should stop.

 

Armchair science/medicine is the best kind.

I have personal experience in this arena, far exceeding a few months of "no plus sign on the sticks." Yes, stress is one of many, many factors involved. Let's just say I don't think listening to the song "Let's Get Drunk and Screw" is necessarily the most useful fertility advice.

 

I've limited mine, simply because I don't want to drink too much and I enjoy beer. IMO it shouldn't be excessive.

 

i just limit because i don't wanna get fat like the rest of you

 

Lately, especially since I've been getting tons of great beer through trades, I've been limiting my intake. Up until about six months ago, I'd have one or two beers every other night or so, but lately I want to drink at least one every night. Couple of problems with that: my job requires a lot of focused, long-term concentration, and the older I get, the more I feel the mental hangover effects the next day. Also, speaking of getting older, the more I drink, the more the--ahem--"bedroom" effects become apparent. What's weird is that when I *do* overindulge (4+ craft beers in a night), the next day I feel mentally shitty but extremely on-point the other way.

I've just been trying to find the right balance. Right now I'm on an out-of-town work assignment, so I'm able to play around with various intakes. Everybody's body is different, and I think you just have to experiment to find what works.

FWIW, I have a buddy who's wife is a naturopath (and midwife) and she believes the alcohol/fertility connection is overestimated.

 

I knew you people could see me through my monitor...

 

I'm trying to decide whether this is super smart or completely f'n nuts.

 

So, are you asking if drinking beer will affect you sperm count?

 

Training for a marathon here,
also just thought about wanting to limit cost and live long life.
I have either 1-2 (12-16oz) beers
or 1 (750ml a day).

 

I think you should just go ahead get shit faced and screw...

 

What makes you sure about this? These two things could be entirely unrelated.

 

Beer is good for you and will help you make lots of babies!

 

The drunker I am the harder my swimmers swim.

But no I don't artificially limit my intake. If I want a beer I'll drink it, simple as that. My body lets me know whether I want it or not. Plenty of good beer in the house the other night but I didn't have any; just didn't want it.

And I think the whole limiting yourself to 3, doing math, and not drinking a bomber that comes out to 3.5 is pure loony toons.

 

To answer your questions:

Yes, I have had to limited my intake, at times, due to medical reasons.

I have handled it by knowing that it was a temporary situation and that I would enjoy it more (and have enjoyed it more) once the problem was resolved.

You stated that "I've received great beers in recent trades too, but since most of them go over my allowance, they just sit there and taunt me". So, think of it like this, you have something to celebrate with when the time comes.

 

You definitely complicate beer my friend...

 

Sperm are pretty resilient (i.e. smoking, drinking, drugs do not effect their quality), drinking has no effect whatsoever on your contribution to a healthy baby.

I do beleive that excessive alcohol intake lowers sperm count; but your former and current drinking habits are nowhere near excessive.

The whole formula, monitoring system, and stress associated with it seems a little extreme. I'd say just relax about it, like others have said, stress and expectations can be much more problematic in having a baby than a few beers.